Abidur Rahman, Ph.D
Faculty
of Agriculture
Iwate
University
Ueda
3-18-8
Morioka,
Iwate-020-8550, Japan
Email:
abidur@iwate-u.ac.jp
Lab
URL: http://news7a1.atm.iwate-u.ac.jp/~abidur/
1989-1993: B.Sc.,
Biochemistry, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
March 1-2023 –
till date: Professor, Faculty of
Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
September
2010- February 29, 2023: Associate
Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate
University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Aug 1- November 30-2019: Visiting Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, College
Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
October 1- 2006-August 31-2010: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University
Morioka, Iwate Japan
Aug 1- Aug 31-2009: Visiting Research Professor, Biology
Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
Aug 1- Aug 31-2008: Visiting Research Professor, Biology
Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
July 1- July 31-2007: Visiting
Research Professor, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
April
1-1999-
September 30-2001: Teaching
assistant- Plant physiology lab course, Biology Department, Kobe
University, Japan
April
1- 1996
to September 30- 1997: Research
Officer, Laboratory of Physiology, C.S.D. International Centre for
Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B)
June 1-1994 – March 31-1996: Senior Teacher (Part time) of Chemistry and Biology: Loreto International
School. Dhaka, Bangladesh
Associate Editor: Frontiers in Plant
Science (Plant Cell Biology Section)
Editor: PLoS ONE, Journal of Plant Growth Regulation
Recipient
of “Outstanding Non-Resident Bangladeshi Scientist-2017” award by Global
Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists on Dec 30, 2017.
JSPS fellowship for postdoctoral research
(Nov. 2001- July 2003) from Japanese Society for Promotion of Science, Japan
Grant in-aid for science research (Oct. 1997- Sept.
2001) from ministry of education, culture and science, Japan
Courses:
General Plant Biology: (A106) This course
is offered to the 2nd year undergraduate Biology major students. The
course covers selected topics from
anatomy, cell biology, genetics, morphology, physiology and molecular biology.
Advanced Plant Molecular
Biology (植物分子生物学特論): (LTA9) This is a graduate level course offered in
spring semester. It covers the molecular
techniques, molecular aspects of plants
response, hormone transport and signaling in considerable detail, emphasizing
discussion and critical analyses of publications.
Plant Physiology experiment (植物生理学実験): (B102, shared) 2nd
year undergraduate student lab course, which covers plant physiology
experiments with hormones, mutant analysis, bioinformatics, protein extraction
and analysis.
Scientific reading (科学文献読解法): (A036, shared) This course is offered to the 3rd
year undergraduate students aiming to improve their English Journal reading
ability, understanding and presentation.
Introductory Biology (生物入門): (A007, shared) Introductory course for the
first-year student. Plant anatomy, Organelles, development, photosynthesis,
hormonal regulation of plant development are being taught.
Basic Seminar(基礎ゼミ): This course is offered to the 1st year
undergraduate students to introduce the research topic and research lab.
Science Communication: (IU 1000&
1001 till 2017) This course is designed to help the graduate students to
improve their presentation and communication skills.
Writing skill: (IU 1140 till
2017) This is a graduate level course designed to help the graduate students to
improve their writing skill.
Postdoctoral researcher: 3
Graduate Students:
Ph.D.:
9
Masters
student: 17
Undergraduate Students: 29